oeesordy > 17-04-2026, 03:03 AM
Quote:Scribal Abbreviation (Overline): In medieval manuscripts and older handwriting (such as German Kurrentschrift), a horizontal bar over a consonant like "n" or "m" (e.g.,
) was used to indicate that the letter was doubled, or to indicate a missing "n" or "m".
oeesordy > 17-04-2026, 11:16 PM
oeesordy > 18-04-2026, 01:02 AM
Quote:At the time SN 1006 was first seen it was reported by Ali Ibn Ridwan to be in opposition to the Sun, and so months later, sometime in September, it was no longer able to be seen due to its proximity to the Sun. It reappeared in the dawn sky in November or December of 1006. The SN was visible in the night sky for a period of at least three years.
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oeesordy > 18-04-2026, 06:03 AM
oeesordy > 18-04-2026, 11:49 AM
oeesordy > 18-04-2026, 11:42 PM
Quote:the NSF-Arizona AMS Laboratory at the University of Arizona has conducted radiocarbon dating on both the Shroud of Turin and the Voynich Manuscript, playing a crucial role in scientific investigations of both controversial artifacts.
Quote:In 2010, statisticians Marco Riani and Anthony C. Atkinson wrote in a scientific paper that the statistical analysis of the raw dates obtained from the three laboratories for the radiocarbon test suggests the presence of contamination in some of the samples. They conclude that: "The effect is not large over the sampled region; … our estimate of the change is about two centuries."[49]
In December 2010, Timothy Jull, a member of the original 1988 radiocarbon-dating team and editor of the peer-reviewed journal Radiocarbon, coauthored an article in that journal with Rachel A. Freer-Waters. They examined a portion of the radiocarbon sample that was left over from the section used by the University of Arizona in 1988 for the carbon-dating exercise, and were assisted by the director of the Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies. They viewed the fragment using a low magnification (~30×) stereomicroscope, as well as under high magnification (320×) viewed through both transmitted light and polarized light, and then with epifluorescence microscopy. They found "only low levels of contamination by a few cotton fibers" and no evidence that the samples actually used for measurements in the C14 dating processes were dyed, treated, or otherwise manipulated. They concluded that the radiocarbon dating had been performed on a sample of the original shroud material
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Quote:The assumptions used to combine the results were clearly explained by Rene Zandbergen:
“A combined dating of the Voynich MS
The dating of each folio doesn’t allow a very precise dating of the MS. The uncertainty in age for each folio is some 50-60 years, and in the case of fol.68 even spans two centuries due to the above-mentioned inversions of the calibration curve. The book production process is likely to have taken considerably less time than these 50-60 years. Under the assumptions that:
– The MS was indeed created over a time span not exceeding (e.g.) 10 years
– It was not using parchment that was prepared many years ago
each sheet provides a measurement or ‘observation’ of the MS creation. Since they are likely to be from different animal hides, these are indeed independent observations. Combining these observations leads to a combined un-calibrated age of 1435 ± 26 years (1 sigma).”
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oeesordy > 19-04-2026, 12:28 AM
oeesordy > 19-04-2026, 04:10 AM
Quote:From Meco, a common derivative of the first name Domenico, meaning: sacred to God
Mecacci, Mecarelli, Mecarini, Mecarozzi, Mecca, Mecchi, Mecci, Mecco, Meccoli, Mechelli, Mecherini, Mechi, Mechini, Meco, Mecocci, Meconcelli, Meconi, Mecozzi, Mecucci, Mecuzzi
[url=https://www.italyheritage.com/genealogy/surnames/etymology/m/]https://www.italyheritage.com/genealogy/surnames/etymology/m/
JoJo_Jost > 19-04-2026, 05:57 AM
oeesordy > 19-04-2026, 07:42 PM
Quote:SN 1006 was a supernova that is likely the brightest observed stellar event in recorded history, reaching an estimated −7.5 visual magnitude,[4] and exceeding roughly sixteen times the brightness of Venus. Appearing between April 30 and May 1, 1006,[ambiguous] in the constellation of Lupus, this "guest star" was described by observers across China, Japan, modern-day Iraq, Egypt, and Europe,[2][5] and was possibly recorded in North American petroglyphs.[6] Some reports state it was clearly visible in the daytime. Modern astronomers now consider its distance from Earth to be about 7,200 light-years or 2,200 parsecs.[3]
Historic reports
Egyptian astrologer and astronomer Ali ibn Ridwan, writing in a commentary on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, stated that the "spectacle was a large circular body, 21⁄2 to 3 times as large as Venus. The sky was shining because of its light. The intensity of its light was a little more than a quarter that of Moon light" (or perhaps "than the light of the Moon when one-quarter illuminated").[2] Like all other observers, Ali ibn Ridwan noted that the new star was low on the southern horizon. Some astrologers interpreted the event as a portent of plague and famine. wikipedia